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1980 World Champions' Gold Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | World Champions' Gold Cup |
| year | 1980–81 |
| other_titles | Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay 1980–81 |
| image | Mundialito charrua.png |
| size | 180 |
| caption | *Charrúa*, the official mascot |
| country | Uruguay |
| dates | 30 December 1980 – |
| 10 January 1981 | |
| confederations | 2 |
| num_teams | 6 |
| venues | 1 |
| champion | Uruguay |
| second | Brazil |
| second-flagvar | 1968 |
| matches | 7 |
| goals | 19 |
| attendance | 376250 |
| top_scorer | URU Waldemar Victorino |
| (3 goals) | |
| player | URU Ruben Paz |
10 January 1981 | second-flagvar = 1968 (3 goals) The 1980–81 World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for "Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"), also known as Mundialito ("Little World Cup") or FIFA 1980 Gold Cup, was an international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and granted official status by FIFA and recognized before its inception by then FIFA President João Havelange. It was a championship of the previous FIFA World Cup champions to get a Champion of the Champions to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup. At the July 4, 1980 FIFA congress, the president publicly stated: "At FIFA we have welcomed the initiative of the Uruguayan Football Association, granting official status to the Gold Cup. FIFA actively participates in the organization and offers its experience." The tournament was held at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, where the World Cup began, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981.
The tournament gathered the national teams of Uruguay, Italy, West Germany, Brazil, and Argentina, five of the six World Cup-winning nations at the time, with the addition of the Netherlands –1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up– who had been invited to replace England, who declined the invitation due to scheduling conflicts. After the final, FIFA celebrated the success of the tournament via their official newsletter, officially declaring Uruguay as "champions of all world champions."
Participating teams
| Team | Notes |
|---|---|
| Hosts, 2 time FIFA recognized World Champions with the Olympics (1924, 1928) and [1930](1930-fifa-world-cup) and [1950 FIFA World Cup](1950-fifa-world-cup) champions. | |
| [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup) and [1938 FIFA World Cup](1938-fifa-world-cup) champions | |
| [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup) and [1974 FIFA World Cup](1974-fifa-world-cup) champions | |
| [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup), and [1970 FIFA World Cup](1970-fifa-world-cup) champions | |
| [1978](1978-fifa-world-cup) and reigning FIFA World Cup champions | |
| 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up, replacing ([1966 FIFA World Cup](1966-fifa-world-cup) champions) |
Format
The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group A was composed of the Netherlands, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B consisted of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.
Squads
Each team had a squad of 18 players (two of which had to be goalkeepers).
Outcome
Uruguay and Brazil won their respective groups and played the final, with Uruguay defeating Brazil 2–1 with a late goal, the same result that had occurred 30 years earlier between the two teams in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup. Uruguay's coach during the Mundialito, Roque Máspoli, had also been Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1950 final-match. FIFA deemed the event a big success, and formally announced Uruguay as the first, "Champions of world champions." In Europe, Dutch manager Jan Zwartkruis resigned from his position as soon as he returned to the Netherlands, while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again.
Group stage
Group A
- Points
- Goal difference
- Number of goals scored
- Drawing of lots
Victorino
Victorino
Group B
- Points
- Goal difference
- Number of goals scored
- Drawing of lots
Cerezo Serginho Zé Sérgio
Final
Victorino
| URU Roque Máspoli |
|---|
| BRA Telê Santana |
|---|
|}
Scorers
;3 goals
- URU Waldemar Victorino
;1 goal
- ARG Ramón Díaz
- ARG Diego Maradona
- BRA Edevaldo
- BRA Junior
- BRA Serginho
- BRA Sócrates
- BRA Toninho Cerezo
- BRA Zé Sérgio
- FRG Klaus Allofs
- FRG Horst Hrubesch
- NED Jan Peters
- ITA Carlo Ancelotti
- URU Jorge Barrios
- URU Julio Morales
- URU Venancio Ramos
;Own goals
- FRG Manfred Kaltz (against Argentina)
References
References
- ElPais. (9 January 2021). "La verdad sobre la Copa de Oro, una gloria celeste olvidada".
- "A 40 años de la Copa de Oro, un título único - AUF".
- "FIFA President Joao Havelange on the 1980–81 World Champions Gold Cup {{!}} 4 Stars - Media Archive".
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mund80.html Mundialito 1980] by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
- "FIFA 1981 World Champions Gold Cup document.png {{!}} 4 Stars - Media Archive".
- "Mundialito 1980 (Copa de Oro)".
- "Mundialito 1980".
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